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The mansion is decked out in a dramatic scheme of white paint and dark wood, and also has numerous private balconies alone the upper floors of the building. — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, "Cher’s $48 Million Former Beverly Hills Mansion is for Sale," 2 May 2019 At night, all of the buildings light up, providing a stunning view of the city. — Adrienne Faurote, Marie Claire, "The Instagram Guide to Shanghai, China," 5 Apr. 2019 But the owner of the building is the one who buys the appliances. — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, "My Patent Story: A Smarter Electrical Metering System Than the Utilities Had," 21 Feb. 2019 An Airbnb book shop is a nice idea, maybe better than having your own shop, and almost (not really almost) as good a building your own library. — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, "If You Stay In This Very Popular Airbnb, There’s One Catch—You’ll Have to Run The Attached Bookshop," 26 Apr. 2019 All told, the city estimates as much as $4 billion could be spent on retrofitting buildings. — Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, "New York City Passed Its Own Green New Deal–Like Legislation," 19 Apr. 2019 In 2015, a tech-savvy art historian named Andrew Tallon used lasers to create detailed 3-D scans of the cathedral (among other historic buildings) and found, for one thing, that its builders took shortcuts. — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, "Notre Dame Cathedral Will Never Be the Same—and That's Ok," 19 Apr. 2019 Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase helps process amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein. — Tara C. Smith, SELF, "Why You Don't Actually Need to Test for MTHFR Gene Variants," 18 Mar. 2019 Teenage fandom is one of the most important building blocks of an artist’s career. — Morgan Jerkins, Teen Vogue, "R. Kelly and Other Powerful Men Have Always Manipulated Their Teen Fans," 9 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'building.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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